Brad's 19th Mini: Imitation Game

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• n0hk constructor · 2024-01-24T20:00:11.023Z

  1A A R_A R_A_ T_ = ARARAT <town in Victoria, Australia>

  4A ←DRAB + AT← = TABARD

  5A APIECE = I inside PE inside ACE

  1D CT + U_A inside AL = ACTUAL

  2D ALBEIT = ALBE(R->I)T

  3D <Uganda's situation> AFRICA = FAR* + CIA*

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• Probably Apocryphal 🤓5:11 · 2024-01-24T22:25:05.383Z

  And he hits 'em with the triple ellipses!

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• merlinnimue 🤓17:59 · 2024-01-25T00:09:55.431Z

  Way beyond my abilities or lack thereof as a solver and anything I could imagine in construction, sorry for beating a dead horse and being so so so far beneath you geniuses

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  • Oliver Hardy 1:42 · 2024-01-25T08:54:17.003Z

    Don't worry; it was easy beyond my abilities!

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• Oliver Hardy 1:42 · 2024-01-25T08:58:08.387Z

  I made no chance!

  5A "checked", "inspired" I suppose are container indicators, yet I have never seen them in published cryptics. Please explain.

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  • n0hk constructor · 2024-01-25T10:28:03.819Z

    Good question!

    Inspired is an annoying one, in that there are valid ways to interpret it as both a container indicator and an insertion indicator.

    Inspire could be "inhale" (taking something in), or it could be to "fill something [with the urge to]" (going into something).

    Here I'm using checked as an insertion indicator; with the meaning of 'to hinder' (meaning 3 in Chambers or 2b on Merriam Webster's online dictionary), and the parse "AA, B checked" to be equivalent to "B check AA".

    These double insertion/container clues (I've seen them referred to as 'turduckens') can be hard to spot/parse at the best of times, hopefully it didn't spoil the rest of the solve for you

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• Aaron Riccio 🤓4:35 · 2024-01-25T12:46:47.408Z

  I'm wondering now if you could've managed a grid where 4A also started with an A ;) That said, I liked 4A and got a kick out of "Uganda's situation" in 3D and "right to focus on questioning" in 2D.

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  • n0hk constructor · 2024-01-25T18:20:13.920Z

    I saw the chance for it, and deliberately didn't in case people mistakenly assumed the gimmick I was going for (and I was really happy with most of the clues).

    Hope all is well

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• Oliver Hardy 1:42 · 2024-01-25T13:52:47.436Z

  Thanks for your reply. You are obviously several leagues above me so I'll graciously surrender.

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• Hector 8:11 · 2024-01-25T22:56:56.255Z

  I'll take the L on this difficult but thoughtfully designed puzzle

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